Bachelor
2022/2023
Research Seminar “Culture and Inequality”
Type:
Elective course (Sociology and Social Informatics)
Area of studies:
Sociology
Delivered by:
Department of Sociology
When:
2 year, 1-4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
4
Contact hours:
42
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This seminar is created for students interested in studies of cultural production, consumption and reproduction with special emphasis on art and fashion worlds, creative labor and networks, contemporary art institutions and status reproduction through parenting practices. We will discuss (1) classical works on social history of art, on art worlds and fields of fashion and of cultural production, (2) contemporary empirical papers on art institutions and art participation, (3) empirical papers with various types of research design (surveys, network analysis, historical sociology, participant observation, organizational analysis etc.). The seminar is intended for students who have previously attended research seminars of the BA in Sociology and Social Informatics in the previous years.
Learning Objectives
- In addition, students will be able to explain culture preferences through social stratification perspective, understand the link between cultural production cultural consumption, generate research hypothesis, develop academic skills in reading, writing, and presentation.
- be able to explain culture preferences through social stratification perspective
- be able to understand the link between cultural production cultural consumptio
- be able to understand the link between cultural production cultural consumption
- be able to generate research hypothesis
- be able to develop academic skills in reading, writing, and presentation.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- be able to understand and discuss topics related to culture and inequality and improve skills in developing research design in the framework of culture and inequality studies
Course Contents
- Culture and Inequality (Course introduction)
- Taste cultures
- Art as a profession
- Cultural production and urban milieus
- Сultural production as labour
- Art-world structure: producers, consumers, prosumers
- Networks and creativity
- Class cultures and inequality reproduction
- Artistic careers and prestige
- Migration, ethnicity and cultural capital
Interim Assessment
- 2022/2023 4th module0.25 * Group projects + 0.3 * Discussion participation + 0.25 * Exam + 0.2 * Proposal preparation
- 2023/2024 4th module-
- 2024/2025 3rd module-
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Alexander, V. D., & Bowler, A. E. (2014). Art at the Crossroads: The Arts in Society and the Sociology of Art. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.25367D5F
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Tanner, J. (2003). Sociology of Art : A Reader. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=111300